The actual festival went on for a week, but we went on the last day. Usually the Nebuta parade is at night, and all the floats are lit up. On the final day of the festival, they have the parade during the day. Then at night they send the floats out on the water and shoot off fireworks.
The parade is coming!!!
I enjoyed the parade (all two hours of it), but I don't think anybody enjoyed the parade as much as this little girl!
The Nebuta floats are all pushed manually. There's one single wheel in the center to support the weight, but it's up to these guys to make anything happen. It was sooo hot! I felt bad for these guys!
Nebuta floats... the frame is made of wire, and they are covered with paper. At night, they light them up from the inside.
That night we went down to the waterfront to claim our spot for the fireworks. There was a huge selection of festival food (YUM!), and a TON of people just spread out on blankets and tarps waiting for sundown.
They had a few of the floats set up so you could go take pictures and see them up close.
Me and a few of the girls... Standard Japanese pose:)
The fireworks went on for two hours! (Nobody does fireworks like the Japanese!) Toward the end they lit up some of the floats and sent them out on the water. It was hard to see from our perspective since the festival food stands were in our way. Maybe next year we'll have to get one of the reserved seats right up front!
We claimed our spot on the parade route early, so we were right up front. We were also in the sun, so we were glad we had our umbrellas for shade! It was probably the warmest Saturday yet this summer.
The parade is coming!!!
I enjoyed the parade (all two hours of it), but I don't think anybody enjoyed the parade as much as this little girl! 
The Nebuta floats are all pushed manually. There's one single wheel in the center to support the weight, but it's up to these guys to make anything happen. It was sooo hot! I felt bad for these guys!
Nebuta floats... the frame is made of wire, and they are covered with paper. At night, they light them up from the inside. 
That night we went down to the waterfront to claim our spot for the fireworks. There was a huge selection of festival food (YUM!), and a TON of people just spread out on blankets and tarps waiting for sundown. 
They had a few of the floats set up so you could go take pictures and see them up close. 
Me and a few of the girls... Standard Japanese pose:)
The fireworks went on for two hours! (Nobody does fireworks like the Japanese!) Toward the end they lit up some of the floats and sent them out on the water. It was hard to see from our perspective since the festival food stands were in our way. Maybe next year we'll have to get one of the reserved seats right up front! Here are a couple videos of the parade. Sorry about the poor quality... I was just using my regular camera to shoot the video.
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